( 1805 ) 



Clerodendrum viscosum. Clammy 

 Clerodendrum. 



Class and Order. 



DlDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 5-fidus (nunc 5-dentatus). Cor. tubo cylindrico : limbo 

 5-partito patenti : laciniis subaequalibus. Stamina juxta faucera 

 inserta, exserta, adscendentia : antherarum loculis parallels. 

 Bacca pyrcnis 4, 1-spermis. Brown. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Clerodendrum viscosum ; tomentosum, foliis cordatis den- 

 tatis, corymbo terminali paniculato, carycibus viscosis 

 laxis dimidio tubo corollas longioribus. Brown in Hort. 

 Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 63. 



Clerodendrum viscosum. Venten. Malm. 25. 



Peragu. Hort. Malab. 2 p. 41. t. 25. 



Desc. A shrub, tomentose in every part except the co- 

 rolla. Branches square. Leaves opposite, cordate-ovate, 

 acuminate, crenate-dentate, roughish on the upper and soft- 

 tomentose on the under surface with elevated veins, petiolated. 

 Bractes ovate-acuminate, petiolated, deciduous, one at each 

 division of the panicle. Inflorescence a terminal trichotomous 

 panicle. Calyx five-cleft, segments ovate, acute, overlapping 

 one another. Corolla irregular, tube but little longer than 

 the calyx : limb 5-cleft : lacinia nearly equal, the uppermost 

 a little the largest, irregularly disposed, looking all upwards, 

 leaving a wide space between two of them. Stamens 4, 

 declined nearly twice the length of the flower. Anthers ver- 

 satile, subsagittate, purple. Style equal to the stamens. 

 Stigma bifid. The flowers are white with flesh-coloured 

 centre, sweet-scented, but oppressive. 



Ventenat 



